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It all starts with the German "jene", "jener", "jenem", meaning roughly "that one", "that person",

"that thing", with various endings for genders and cases. (Those cause me to shudder.)

Adding the 's' on the end puts a dab of possession on the word, and makes it "that person's ..." .

There's also a hint of derision, as the speaker is unwilling to use "that person" 's name.

So an example of usage might be: "YEN-em's ah HOYZ" = "that guy's house" .

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